Earn your bachelor’s degree and teaching certification as part of the same, experience-driven program, and make an immeasurable impact in the lives of your students.
Locations
- Statesboro Campus (In Person)
- Armstrong Campus (In Person)
Why Get a BSEd in Secondary Education?
- Pursue your degree towards either a certification or non-certification track.
- Learn both the principles and methods that undergird effective secondary education.
- Undergo formative field experiences in public schools around Georgia, including the opportunity for a year-long residency in your senior year.
- Should you choose the certification track, gain eligibility for Georgia’s Secondary Teacher Induction Certification at the T-4 level upon passing the GACE exam.
- Benefit from a professional advisor assigned to you by the College of Education.
Georgia Southern’s B.S.Ed program in Secondary Education will not only teach you the skills you need to manage a classroom, plan a curriculum and engage your students, it will also give you practical hands-on training in area middle and high schools. Of particular note, our program offers an innovative year-long residency, completed with a partner school during the senior year. This year-long residency often allows you to work with the same teacher who will serve as your mentor in the field, providing you with an invaluable learning opportunity and a leg up in your career.
Our program will allow you to choose a specific emphasis in either Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics or Physics. (Please note some program courses are only offered on the Statesboro campus.)
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What Can You Do With a BSEd in Secondary Education?
A BSEd in Middle Grades Education prepares you for a crucial role in middle school education at a particularly formative time in children’s lives—as a teacher, coach, or counselor.
Where our graduates work:
- Gwinnett County Public Schools
- Cobb County School District
- Savannah-Chatham County Public School System
- Atlanta Public Schools
- Clayton County Public Schools
- Cherokee County School District
- DeKalb County School District
- Fulton County Schools
- Effingham County School System
- Forsyth County Schools (Georgia)
- Bulloch County School District
- Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School
- Glynn County Schools
- Houston County School System
What our graduates do:
- Elementary School Teacher
- Principal
- Middle School Teacher
- Substitute Teacher
- Kindergarten Teacher
- Special Education Teacher
- Consultant
- Administrative Assistant
- Director
- English Teacher
- Academic Coach
- Art Teacher
- Math Teacher
- Band Director
- Career And Technology Education Teacher
What You’ll Learn
Our B.S.Ed program equips students to be effective classroom teachers with a solid grasp of the principles and methods that make up effective education. Both certification-track and non-certification-track students can choose in emphasis in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Math and English. All students will:
- Demonstrate their ability to create curricula that addresses the needs of diverse adolescent students through developmentally responsive practices.
- Implement diverse instructional strategies, inclusive of technology, to meet the varying abilities, learning styles and cultural assets of their students.
- Inform their instructional practices by designing and implementing diagnostic, formative and summative assessments to measure student learning.
- Demonstrate the professional disposition of an educator.
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Meet like-minded classmates and pursue opportunities through one of several student organizations hosted by the College of Education.
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Admission Information:
- All students interested in a single certification secondary education program must declare the Secondary Education BSEd Professional Studies (Non-Certification Track) as their intended major.
- When accepted to the university, all undergraduate education majors are admitted into the Secondary Education BSEd Professional Studies (Non-Certification Track) program.
- At the completion of all courses, through the Field of Study program, students seeking initial teacher certification would then apply to the Teacher Education Program. If accepted into the Teacher Education Program, the student would then move into the Secondary Education B.S.Ed Certification Track.
- Those students who are NOT seeking initial teacher certification would complete the remainder of the program requirements for the Secondary Education BSEd Professional Studies (Non-Certification Track) program.
Follow these steps to complete the Georgia Southern application:
- Create an application account.
- Complete our online application using the PIN you received after creating your application account.
- Once complete, pay the $30 application fee or upload a valid fee waiver. Previous Georgia Southern applicants and dual-enrollment students do not need to pay the fee.
You can check your application status at My.GeorgiaSouthern.edu/admissions three days after completing your application. This page contains live information about your admission status, including a checklist of missing documents we need to make a decision.
Apply as a First-Year Student Transfer to Georgia SouthernGeorgia Southern University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associates, baccalaureate, masters, educational specialists and doctorate degrees.
Georgia Southern offers resources on assistive technology (AT)—equipment or product systems used to help children with disabilities.
The ISRC provides resources and professional development on instructional pedagogy while leveraging the use of innovative and emerging technologies in order to support teaching, learning, and student engagement.
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Clinical Practice is widely recognized as the most influential component in teacher preparation and the capstone experience.
The Pre-Service certificate is intended for educator candidates completing field experiences or student teaching in Georgia schools.
The Pre-Professional Block (PPB) program collaborates with many P-12 schools to offer quality classroom experiences teacher candidates need to become reflective educators, able to meet the diverse challenges of students in Georgia and across the nation.
- Student Learning Outcome #1
Graduates will demonstrate their ability to create curriculum that addresses the needs of diverse adolescent students through developmentally responsive practices that incorporate a variety of strategies to deepen learning; meet varying abilities and learning styles; and actively engage learners. - Student Learning Outcome #2
Graduates will implement diverse instructional strategies, inclusive of technology, to meet the varying abilities, learning styles and cultural assets of all adolescents to deepen student learning within a positive learning environment.
- Student Learning Outcome #3
Graduates will accurately inform their instructional practices through analysis and reflection to support students’ developmental needs by designing and implementing diagnostic, formative and summative assessments to measure student learning. - Student Learning Outcome #4
Graduates will demonstrate professional dispositions for educators of adolescents as required by the Georgia Department of Education and the Professional Standards Commission of the State of Georgia.
The College of Education anticipates that graduates will seek initial certification in the following programs: BSEd. in Secondary Education.
All programs meet the educational requirements for a teaching certificate in Georgia. The BSEd-SECEd program meets the requirements for certification in CT, FL, HI, ID, KY, LA, NC, NH, NM, PA, UT, VT, VA, and WA only. Unless listed above, Georgia Southern’s program does NOT meet educational requirements for certification in that state. Online students wishing to enroll in a program that does not meet requirements in their state of residence will be required to sign an attestation that indicates that they will seek GA licensure. Out-of-state students living in GA do not have to complete an attestation but may need to meet additional requirements in their home state after graduation.
Georgia Southern makes every effort to ensure information about educational requirements for licensure or certification is current; however, state requirements may change. Separate from educational requirements, state licensure boards may require applicants to complete professional examinations, background checks, years of professional experience, residence requirements, jurisprudence exams, training, etc. For more information, as well as for a list of applicable state boards, visit the Georgia Southern State Authorization and Professional Licensure Webpage.
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Contact Us
Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education
College of Education
Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8134
Statesboro, GA 30460
Departmental Office: Education 4127
Mrs. Lori Wiggins
Phone: 912-478-5203
Fax: 912-478-0026
Department Chair
Dr. Amee Adkins
Armstrong Campus
University Hall 201
Phone: 912-344-2562
Email: adadkins@georgiasouthern.edu